It was in joint compound, popcorn ceiling mud, paint, linoleum tiles and sheets, and almost ever other product that you could buy.

I have always been of the mindset that it is the tenant's responsibility to get the rent to my PM, not vice versa, via mail, personal delivery, ACH, etc.

Start with wholesaling properties, and on bigger cashflow deals, get your hands on an owner financing, and offer the other equity part of the deals as a joint venture.  

Its not a perfect science but it makes it a whole lot easier and will save you a lot of time, grief, and heart ache.

So if I understand you correctly: your cumulative DTI is fine, but your sole DTI without including your wife's income but hitting you with the full debt obligation of the primary residence (that in reality is a joint obligation) is wrecked?

For your future transactions, you need to protect yourself before issuing your precious check, I require unconditional waiver from the sub to the GC if the GC wants to get paid only to his name, if he can't produce unconditionals, I'll issue a joint check to them, but both need to issue me a conditional waivers, so for a bill that has 3 or more trades, it gets tricky.

We both bring equal capital to the partnership and do not have enough capital individually to execute a deal (currently).We originally were going to acquire all properties in a joint LLC but decided that might get complicated in the future when either of our investment goals change.

This might be in the form of a mortgage secured by a property.An IRA could joint venture on a deal with you, either by forming a LLC where you and the IRA are members or with the IRA and you(or your personal entity) as tenants in common.The key rules are that an IRA may not deal with disqualified parties, which includes the account holder, their spouse, or lineal family. 

Re-turn of Partnership Income, if your rental activity is a partnership (including a partnership with your spouse unless it is a qualified joint ven-ture).

Tree and bush roots get inside the joints.